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    <center>Scilab Function</center>
    <div align="right">Last update : 04/02/2005</div>
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      <b>getshortpathname</b> - get short path name (Only for
  Windows)</p>
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        <tt>shortpath=getshortgpathname(longpath)</tt>
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        <tt>[shortpath,bOK]=getshortpathname(longpath)</tt>
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          <b>longpath</b>
        </tt>: A character string the long path</li>
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          <b>shortpath</b>
        </tt>: A character string the short path</li>
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          <b>bOK</b>
        </tt>: A boolean %T if path has been converted else %F</li>
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      <font color="blue">Description</font>
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    <p>The getshortpathname primitive converts the specified path to its short
    form.</p>
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    <pre>[shortpath,bOK]=getshortpathname(SCI) 
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      <a href="getlongpathname.htm">
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          <b>getlongpathname</b>
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      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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      <font color="blue">Author</font>
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    <p>Allan CORNET</p>
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